Core Skills and Competencies: Part 4,Application and Expectation

Given the current interest in workforce efficacy and efficiency, as evidenced by the number of initiatives termed ‘skill mix studies’, ‘re-profiling exercises’ and ‘job evaluation’, occupational therapists need to define explicitly what certain grades of staff can be expected to do. This last article in the series supplements research described in part 3 and offers a different perspective on how to deal with the issue of defining clinical input. The work presented is the practical application, interpretation and augmentation of initial findings.¹